Governor Burgum has a responsibility to end the Dalrymple era of total corruption in the service of the oil industry. Doug doesn’t even have to say no – just make one key tweak: Reroute this pipe down the Main Avenue Bridge in Bismarck, where anyone can see if it leaks right away.

Not one more soul should be put at risk for the mere expediency of an engineering project.

A very hearty crowd came to Washington, DC today from the Standing Rock Oyate in North and South Dakota to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline. Along with them was a 140,000 signature petition that was given to President Obama decrying the proposed pipeline. The event, hosted by ReZpect Our Water as well as the Oceti Sakowin Youth & Allies, will host another protest tomorrow in New York City’s Union Square at 3pm ET.

“Net neutrality” isn’t something new — it happens to be the way the Internet has always worked. What has changed is that certain ISPs want to change the rules of the game, count things they shouldn’t and charge people they shouldn’t as many times as they please.

Despite a major rush, or boom even, in civil air traffic in the area, the Air Force plans to appropriate the skies of 8 North Dakota counties to expand a training area that until now has been a ways into Montana, Wyoming, and South Dakota.

Most states have one or two MOAs that civilian planes have to steer clear of — there’s a major one in northeast North Dakota, north of the Spirit Lake region. But why the Air Force needs yet more of the sky is puzzling. Has there been a buying spree in bombers and fighters I’m not aware of? Last I heard the Air Force was mainly being cut.

A petition drive to raise the minimum wage in South Dakota to $8.50 indexed turned in 26,000 signatures today, nearly twice the number needed to get the measure before voters. The measure also raises the tipped minimum from $2.13 to $4.25 indexed. When will North Dakota follow suit?